Esta Donzella Me Enbia Atagvalpa Caimi Apo · Centre for Early Modern Visual Culture

Title: Esta Donzella Me Enbia Atagvalpa Caimi Apo
Period: 1600-1650;
Geographic: Peru; Cusco; Cuzco; West Indies; South America
Description: This chapter focuses on discussing the arrival of Spaniards and the Spanish conquest of Peru. This image depicts Don Diego de Almagro and Don Francisco Pizarro on the left side of the image dressed in armour and holding spears. Their names are written beside them to identify them. These two men were leading conquistadors in the conquest of Peru. They are being presented with two young women who are kneeling before them. The man standing behind the women is identified as Captain Rumi Naui. The caption at the bottom of the image describes the scene as it reads, Donzellas presenta a los cristianos [maidens presented to the Christians].
Image Creator: Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala (Illustrator)
Type: Text; Illustration [Manuscript]
Identifier: mta:21757
Language: spa
Source Name: El primer nueva corónica y buen gobierno [The First New Chronicle and Good Government]
Parent Collection: Latin American Chronicles; Latin American Chronicles
Image: mta_21757_OBJ.jpg
Collection: Latin American Chronicles
Subject: Indigenous; Indigenous Peoples; Inca Empire; Inca; Don Diego Almagro; Don Francisco Pizarro; Conquistadors; Conquest; Colonialism